28 April 2012 - 10 June 2012
The Shetland Open Landscape Awards
Bonhoga Gallery, Shop & Cafe Opening Hours:Tue - Sat: 10.30 - 4.30
Sun: 12:00 - 4.30
The Open welcomes entries from amateur, professional and student artists and craft makers, aged 18 and over, who are linked to Shetland by birth, education or residency. This year’s theme, which can be interpreted in any way possible, will be ‘Landscape’. Category winners will have the opportunity to exhibit in a group show at Bonhoga in 2013.
Lower Gallery: The Shetland Open for Bairns
Craft Cabinet: UK craft
23 May 2012 -
Film Wednesdays: 'Julia's Eyes' (15)
7.30pm @ the Garrison Theatre.Part of the Film Wednesdays season.
Tickets £6/£4 from Shetland Box Office 01595 745555.
30 May 2012 -
Film Wednesdays: 'Drive' (18)
7.30pm @ the Garrison Theatre.Part of the Film Wednesdays season.
Tickets £6/£4 from Shetland Box Office 01595 745555.
31 May 2012 - 03 June 2012
Films @ The Garrison: 'Gone' (15)
Friday 1 June: 8.30pmSunday 3 June: 8.00pm
Two years ago Jill (Amanda Seyfried) was abducted, and, while she is safe now, she's still haunted by the memories of the traumatic experience. But when her sister is kidnapped out of the blue, she has reason to believe that her former captor (a convicted serial killer) has returned and is the man behind her sister's disappearance. Jill does the only thing she can do - she sets out to find him and save her sister before it is too late.
Tickets £6/£4 from Shetland Box Office, Islesburgh, 01595 745555.
31 May 2012 - 03 June 2012
Films @ The Garrison: 'A Cat in Paris' (U)
Saturday 2 June: 11.00am and 2.00pmSunday 3 June: 11.00am and 2.00pm
Dino the cat leads a double life. By day he is the loyal pet companion to Zoe, but by night he works with Nico, a burglar with a heart of gold. Since her father's murder by gangster Costa, Zoe hasn't spoken a word. One day though, Dino brings home an extremely valuable bracelet for Zoe, but it is found to be part of a priceless stolen jewellery collection. Realising this, Zoe decides to follow Dino, and discovers that her pet may be in league with gangsters.
Tickets £6/£4 from Shetland Box Office, Islesburgh, 01595 745555.
31 May 2012 - 03 June 2012
Films @ The Garrison: 'Salmon Fishing in the Yemen' (12a)
Thursday 31 May: 5.30pmSaturday 2 June: 5.30pm
Sunday 3 June: 5.30pm
A sheikh and fisherman wants to populate a local river in the Yemen with salmon from England. He enlists the help of British fisheries expert, Dr. Alfred Jones (played by Ewan McGregor), to help him realise his dream. However, they face opposition from both the British people and from insurgents in the sheikh's home country. Along the way, Dr. Jones falls for the sheikh's assistant who helps them in their mission. Featuring Kristen Scott Thomas and Emily Blunt
Tickets £6/£4 from Shetland Box Office, Islesburgh, 01595 745555.
31 May 2012 - 03 June 2012
Films @ The Garrison: 'The Cabin in the Woods' (15)
Thursday 31 May: 8.30pmFriday 1 June: 6.00pm
Sunday 3 June: 8.30pm
A group of college students journey up to a remote location to stay in a cabin in the woods. What seems like a great vacation idea at the time soon turns into something much more sinister, as it transpires that they have been deliberately lured here, and now they are trapped by unknown forces. In order to get out alive, they must push themselves beyond what they thought they could do, and find the truth about the cabin in the woods.
Tickets £6/£4 from Shetland Box Office, Islesburgh, 01595 745555.
06 June 2012 -
Film Wednesdays: 'Tabloid' (12a)
7.30pm @ the Garrison Theatre.Part of the Film Wednesdays season.
Tickets £6/£4 from Shetland Box Office 01595 745555.
10 June 2012 - 10 June 2012
Hansel of Film
11.30am @ the Garrison TheatreHansel of Film - Shetland to Southampton and Back
Shetland Arts is taking a UK-wide part in the London 2012 Festival celebrating the London 2012 Olympic Games. ‘A Hansel of Film – Shetland to Southampton and Back’ is a relay of screenings of short films made by the public in our Olympic Nations and Regions.
It will be launched in Shetland on 10th June with the arrival of the Olympic Torch in the isles as it reaches its UK most northerly point. The films will be relayed between participating venues by ‘runners’; that is, creative and energetic individuals who will employ whatever means of transport they can devise to get the right films to the right venue on time. This will culminate in a marathon screening of over 100 short films at Shetland's annual film festival, Screenplay 2012, between 4th and 9th September.
The project will take films made by Shetlanders and others to twenty one venues around the country and will form a celebration of ‘home made’ short films similar to that which takes place annually at Screenplay.
Further information at Hansel of Film 2012 website.
13 June 2012 -
Film Wednesdays: 'Rear Window' (PG)
7.30pm @ the Garrison Theatre.Part of the Film Wednesdays season.
Tickets £6/£4 from Shetland Box Office 01595 745555.
16 June 2012 - 29 July 2012
Susan Leask: Those who left, those who stayed
Public Opening:All welcome
Friday 15 June
5.30pm - 7.30pm
Bonhoga Gallery, Shop & Cafe Opening Hours:
Tue - Sat: 10.30 - 4.30
Sun: 12:00 - 4.30
Susan’s father was one of six surviving children born in the first decade of the 20th century in Shetland, three left and three stayed. Her father left for Glasgow, Susan lives in Liverpool and during a one month residency at the Booth in July 2010 she spoke to Shetlanders to find out where they went, why they stayed, why some returned and how they kept communication with family back home. This exhibition is a direct response to her findings and includes drawings, photography and light works.
The exhibition will extend to the Lower Gallery
Craft Cabinet: selected work from the Shetland Arts and Crafts Association
20 June 2012 -
Film Wednesdays: 'A Separation' (PG)
7.30pm @ the Garrison Theatre.Part of the Film Wednesdays season.
Tickets £6/£4 from Shetland Box Office 01595 745555.
04 August 2012 - 16 September 2012
Anne Bevan: Particle (II)
Public Opening:All welcome
Friday 3 August
5.30pm - 7.30pm
Bonhoga Gallery, Shop & Cafe Opening Hours:
Tue - Sat: 10.30 - 4.30
Sun: 12:00 - 4.30
An installation of sculpture, print and video exploring the microscopic world of our shores and oceans, from the North Atlantic to the Sea of Japan. The work is developed from residencies in the Scalloway Booth in Shetland, and in the Hebrides, connecting islands and sea, through science, art and creative writing. A publication will accompany with texts by Jen Hadfield, Robert Alan Jamieson, Alan Spence and Janice Galloway. Supported by: RSA residencies for Scotland, Creative Scotland, The Hope Scott Trust, Visual Artist Awards Edinburgh & Edinburgh College of Art.
Lower Gallery: Laura Drever – Bosquoy – drawing & painting
Craft Cabinet: Farlin – work in progress from the Farlin poetry/craft project
05 August 2012 - 12 August 2012
Fiddle Frenzy: Summer Schools
Fiddle / guitar accompaniment / drawing & painting / knitting techniquesFiddle Frenzy is now in its 9th year, and comprises workshops, cultural trips, concerts, dances and a festival club.
Workshops on offer are:
fiddle - guitar accompaniment - drawing & painting - knitting techniques
All workshops run all week, with one session in the morning and another in the afternoon. Or choose a cultural trip to a different area of Shetland in the afternoon, then finish off the day with a concert in the evening, and a tune at the Festival Club.
You can do one subject all week or mix it up with a bit of everything - fiddle one day, knitting in the afternoon, drawing & painting another day. The music classes are all taught by ear, with one guitar class of mixed abilities, and four fiddle groups - slow learning by ear, slow/medium, medium/fast and fast.
We are based in Lerwick most of the week, except for Tuesday when we head west to Walls for the day and Friday when we go to Burravoe on the island of Yell.
To register, you need to pay a non-refundable deposit of £25 (£12.50 for under 18s only). You can book for the full week or for part of the week - prices depend on the number of days or workshops you are attending (minimum charge £25 / £12.50).
The cost for the week is £400 (£200 for under 18s). This covers the cost of workshops, trips and concerts, and your meals & transport when we are in Walls & Burravoe. It doesn't include accommodation or travel to Shetland. Prices for individual days / part weeks are available on application.
Headlining concerts this year are Blazin' Fiddles, The Harris Playfair Big Band Project, The Jenna Reid Band, Ross Couper & Tom Oakes, and more, with support from some of Shetland's best musicians.
31 August 2012 - 09 September 2012
Wordplay Book Festival 2012
The dates for Wordplay 2012 will be 31 August to 9 September.More information about the festival here.
31 August 2012 - 09 September 2012
Screenplay Film Festival 2012
The dates for Screenplay 2012 will be 31 August to 9 September.More information about the festival here.
22 September 2012 - 04 November 2012
Text-Isles: Swap Box
Saturday 22 September - Sunday 4 November 2012Public Opening:
All welcome
Friday 21 September
5.30pm - 7.30pm
Text-Isles is a collective of contemporary Shetland textile designers who collaborate to promote their own work. For their exhibition each designer-maker received a starter box containing basic materials such as cotton, Shetland wool or fleece to which they added items representing their own interpretation of an aspect of Shetland culture, and some of their making processes or design inspirations. The box was then swapped with that of another designer-maker and used as the inspiration for a new body of work for exhibition.
Lower Gallery: Print exhibition
Craft Cabinet: Textile jewellery from the UK
Bonhoga Gallery, Shop & Cafe Opening Hours:
Tue - Sat: 10.30 - 4.30
Sun: 12:00 - 4.30
26 October 2012 - 28 October 2012
Guitar Festival 2012
The dates for The Peerie Willie Guitar Festival 2012 will be 26 to 28 October.More information about the festival here.
Tickets
Tickets for events can be purchased over the phone from Shetland Box Office ph 01595 745555, in person at Islesburgh Community Centre, King Harald Street or now online at www.shetlandboxoffice.org.
Gift Vouchers
We now offer a ‘Hansel for Shetland Arts’ Gift Voucher which can be used for any Shetland Arts’ event, film or purchase at Bonhoga Gallery. For more information, please contact Shetland Arts office 01595 743843 or Bonhoga Gallery 01595 745750.
For past events see our Events Archive page.
